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The head of Kherson’s regional military administration, Oleksandr Prokudin, said on Saturday evening local time that a high-rise building in the Dniprovskyi district of Kherson had caught fire after being struck by drones.
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Catherine Nicholls, CNN Money, 20 Apr. 2025
Two decades later, most of the city’s high-rise public housing developments are gone, but the transformative second half of the project remains unrealized.
—Eli Wizevich, Smithsonian Magazine, 8 Apr. 2025
Videos posted online showed water from rooftop swimming pools spilling over the sides of high-rise hotels.
—Maya Wei-Haas, New York Times, 8 Apr. 2025
Authorities confirmed a break-in at the Catalyst high-rise apartments around 11:20 p.m. of the same day, with Police sharing belief that the intruders forced their way in sometime between 3:30 P.M. and 11 P.M.
—Amber Corrine, VIBE.com, 8 Apr. 2025
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Catherine Nicholls, CNN Money, 20 Apr. 2025
Two decades later, most of the city’s high-rise public housing developments are gone, but the transformative second half of the project remains unrealized.
—Eli Wizevich, Smithsonian Magazine, 8 Apr. 2025
Videos posted online showed water from rooftop swimming pools spilling over the sides of high-rise hotels.
—Maya Wei-Haas, New York Times, 8 Apr. 2025
Authorities confirmed a break-in at the Catalyst high-rise apartments around 11:20 p.m. of the same day, with Police sharing belief that the intruders forced their way in sometime between 3:30 P.M. and 11 P.M.
—Amber Corrine, VIBE.com, 8 Apr. 2025
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